February 17, 2011
— Ace Sometimes, of course, a climate of hatred is politically useful. And fun!
Hopper has received threatening phone calls and e-mails. These are threats of a physical nature. “We are working with law enforcement in my district. They are watching my home and my business.” Other Republicans have had their homes and businesses threatened, too. The unionists have demonstrated outside those homes and businesses.A menacing old phrase comes to mind (and has been used by others, in talking about events in Wisconsin): We know where you live.
Taranto notes that the New York Times is ratcheting up its Climate of Hate campaign again, this time about some lawmaker saying he wants to put activist judges on the "endangered species list." It's a joke, made because those judges refuse to allow states to take the not-endangered-but-thriving-and-pest-ish gray wolf off that same list. The Times has kittens, of course, and Taranto notes how stupid this is.
But don't expect the Times to note that union goons are threatening lawmakers. Or the climate of hate on display at the days of rage (already noted by DrewM. in his earlier post):
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Posted by: Janet Napolitano's Salt and Pepper Muff at February 17, 2011 03:44 PM (k8BDq)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 17, 2011 03:45 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: pointsnfigures at February 17, 2011 03:45 PM (5rNvy)
Posted by: Barack Obama at February 17, 2011 03:46 PM (k8BDq)
Janet Napolitano's Salt and Pepper Muff
Sometimes it's worth coming here not just for the commentary, but the socks.
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 17, 2011 03:46 PM (DLxD/)
Dammit! That's what I get for eating and posting at the same time.
Waiter! Bring me another buffet.
Posted by: Michael Moore at February 17, 2011 03:47 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: Barack Obama at February 17, 2011 03:47 PM (k8BDq)
Posted by: Fred at February 17, 2011 03:47 PM (xWGQr)
Posted by: Doc at February 17, 2011 03:49 PM (jGXQI)
That explains why the scrunt in this video* (around the 2:45 mark, but watch the whole thing) is so afraid her husband's business will be attacked over her actions--that's how the left acts, and they can't imagine other people won't act the same way.
(Or maybe she realizes she's dead wrong on this thing? Theoretically possible, but improbable.)
* Watch it just for Bill Osmulski's accent. Srsly.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 17, 2011 03:49 PM (nAOMZ)
Posted by: robtr at February 17, 2011 03:49 PM (hVDig)
Posted by: The Q at February 17, 2011 03:49 PM (AXHCj)
You sick, fucking bastard. We have standards around here.
I'd hate to see a conversation between the poster in 2 and Charlie Brown's Dildo.
Posted by: Nina Van Horn at February 17, 2011 03:49 PM (b8JnP)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 17, 2011 03:51 PM (yfJ6g)
They were flushed out by the Rockford area Tea Party and are once more in the wind.
Another fun video: Union Thugs Maul La Crosse Mayor
LaCrosse is the home of the World's Largest Six-Pack. I love Wisconsin.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 17, 2011 03:52 PM (nAOMZ)
Posted by: Gary at February 17, 2011 03:53 PM (KUjSN)
Let's hope none of those Union thugs try to break into those Senator's houses, or assault them, or try to torch their businesses and cause the Senators to shoot them in the face.
That'd be TRAGIC.
Posted by: RarestRX at February 17, 2011 03:54 PM (/eIgc)
I say turn off the fucking credit cards and/or charge them with misuse of their government issued cards. When they have to start paying for it out of their own pockets, they'll change their minds.
As for the threats: Has anyone yet said "water is wet"? Because, if not, well, these are unions we're talking about.
Posted by: Jenna Jameson at February 17, 2011 03:54 PM (piMMO)
Violent rhetoric comes almost exclusively from the right.
Posted by: Eugene Robinson at February 17, 2011 03:54 PM (hD0CU)
Posted by: Jenna Jameson at February 17, 2011 03:55 PM (piMMO)
No enemies on the Left.
Posted by: goldbricker esq at February 17, 2011 03:55 PM (S59+B)
Denounce? They're authoring it.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 17, 2011 03:56 PM (nAOMZ)
Posted by: Jenna Jameson at February 17, 2011 07:54 PM (piMMO)
Well, hello! I always wanted to 'bump' into you. Do you come here often?
Posted by: Janet Napolitano's Salt and Pepper Muff at February 17, 2011 03:56 PM (k8BDq)
Posted by: Reactionary at February 17, 2011 03:57 PM (4nbyM)
Posted by: Swamp Yankee at February 17, 2011 03:57 PM (aIqrS)
Was that Brett Favre standing by the car? If not, it's his twin. The dude had both hands in his pockets so, you know...
Posted by: Jenna Jameson at February 17, 2011 03:57 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 17, 2011 03:57 PM (nAOMZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 17, 2011 03:58 PM (TMB3S)
"This business will get out of control. It will get out of control, and we'll all be lucky to live through it." -- Admiral Joshua Painter, The Hunt For Red October
Posted by: Cobalt Shiva at February 17, 2011 03:58 PM (v3pYe)
Looks like some people read Francis Fox Piven. I've always thought that Glenn Beck was a bit crazy, a good investigater and good at self promotion.
I am starting to believe he's a fucking prophet.
Posted by: robtr at February 17, 2011 03:58 PM (hVDig)
Posted by: Jenna Jameson at February 17, 2011 03:59 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Swamp Yankee at February 17, 2011 04:02 PM (aIqrS)
Sometimes it's worth coming here not just for the commentary, but the socks.
Sure as hell are a diet aid sometimes.
Posted by: Mama AJ at February 17, 2011 04:03 PM (XdlcF)
If you live in wisconsin, call your state senator and tell them not to back down.
This is the Rubicon, if the unions see that physical threats can stop reform then we are fucking done. It's over. Pack it in and turn the lights out when you leave.
They cannot win. If they do then we'll see this shit in every state.
I apologize for the language but I am so f'ing mad right now.
Posted by: Ben at February 17, 2011 04:03 PM (DKV43)
If you watch his show and can grimace your way through the bullshit theatrics, he often has a nugget that makes you tilt your head to the side. The thing is, without the theatrics, he'd just be called a fear-monger.
Hell, he's called that anyway.
Posted by: Governor Walker's Fan Club at February 17, 2011 04:03 PM (piMMO)
I am starting to believe he's a fucking prophet.
Me too and how fucked up is that. Then I remembered that all prophets are considered to be fucked up before they're proved right. I think Glenn has actually read the same books as the creators of the left. He keeps waving "The Coming Insurrection" around but I'm afraid to read it. I'll end up in a bunker with guns, beans, and batteries.
Posted by: dagny at February 17, 2011 04:05 PM (l3g1A)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 17, 2011 04:05 PM (nAOMZ)
How do you spell GAG?
C'mon, give me a chance.
Let me take you out for Clam Chowder. Then we can go back to my place and try on Tennis Skorts.
It'll be great.
Posted by: Janet Napolitano's Salt and Pepper Muff at February 17, 2011 04:05 PM (k8BDq)
What the hell?!
Posted by: Governor Walker's Fan Club at February 17, 2011 04:05 PM (piMMO)
She's in Illinois. (She won't take my call anyway, because I'm white.)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 17, 2011 04:06 PM (nAOMZ)
Posted by: Ben at February 17, 2011 04:06 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 17, 2011 04:07 PM (nAOMZ)
I lol'd at the reference, but this has absolutely nothing to do with the issue at hand.
That is FREAKING HILARIOUS!!
He's a flamer!
Posted by: Ben at February 17, 2011 04:08 PM (DKV43)
What the hell?!
Posted by: Governor Walker's Fan Club at February 17, 2011 08:05 PM (piMMO)
Why are there so many drag queens there?
Posted by: dagny at February 17, 2011 04:08 PM (l3g1A)
Posted by: Confused native American that got a yamika for Christmas at February 17, 2011 04:09 PM (Ew1k4)
Posted by: t-bird at February 17, 2011 04:09 PM (FcR7P)
"But if Walker [we the people] wins? He will have shown that when the left personalizes and demonizes, he stands as a true leader stands. We will start to make progress on the debt bomb. Public sector salaries and benefits might start to return to something approaching sustainability (a word the left loves in every sphere but economics)." -- Bryan preston
Go Scott Walker, go!
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at February 17, 2011 04:09 PM (0fzsA)
47I am starting to believe he's a fucking prophet.
All he does is read their play book and take them at their word.
Something the vast majority apparently refuse to do.
Amazing how much money can be made just by paying attention.
Posted by: Derak at February 17, 2011 04:09 PM (CjpKH)
I am starting to believe he's a fucking prophet.
If you read the old testament, there's rarely a difference.
Posted by: AmishDude at February 17, 2011 04:11 PM (BvBKY)
Posted by: Soona at February 17, 2011 04:12 PM (ihhOU)
Posted by: HeatherRadish ♥s Wisconsin at February 17, 2011 04:12 PM (nAOMZ)
Could Walker call out his state's national guard if things really start getting out of hand?
Doubtful. He would never do it either. Right now optics favor Walker.
If the teachers were to not show up for work, I would be more worried about what parents do than the national guard does.
Posted by: Ben at February 17, 2011 04:13 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Swamp Yankee at February 17, 2011 04:13 PM (aIqrS)
Posted by: gesc at February 17, 2011 04:14 PM (+G2Ts)
i can't emphasize this enough. We have to win this battle. This is like Reagan with PATCO. They cannot win. If they do we'll never be able to turn the tide.
It's not like Walker is busting the union, he's just asking for concessions.
Posted by: Ben at February 17, 2011 04:15 PM (DKV43)
The kids are out protesting with the teachers. Although they don't know why.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at February 17, 2011 04:16 PM (YxBuk)
Wonder how much it is costing parents who had to get babysitters for their children today or had to take off of work.
So it IS just daycare.
Posted by: The Oligarchy at February 17, 2011 04:17 PM (DLxD/)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 17, 2011 04:17 PM (CPhjt)
Posted by: HeatherRadish ♥s Wisconsin at February 17, 2011 04:17 PM (nAOMZ)
Posted by: HeatherRadish
I don't get 1/5 of the references but it's well done.
Why can't we get more snarky cons on TV?
Posted by: goldbricker esq at February 17, 2011 04:17 PM (S59+B)
Posted by: sTevo at February 17, 2011 04:17 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at February 17, 2011 08:16 PM (YxBuk)
I would bet that most of them don't know why they're in school either.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 17, 2011 04:18 PM (yQWNf)
Congratulations, 21st Century Democrats--you have shown your true color (yes, singular).
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 17, 2011 04:18 PM (GZITd)
Posted by: Lizabth at February 17, 2011 04:19 PM (JZBti)
I would bet that most of them don't know why they're in school either.
What is to eat their lunch?
Posted by: Grandpa on Jeopardy at February 17, 2011 04:19 PM (k8BDq)
Posted by: dr kill at February 17, 2011 04:19 PM (le5qc)
Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2011 04:19 PM (k+pFK)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at February 17, 2011 04:19 PM (xy9wk)
Posted by: gesc at February 17, 2011 04:20 PM (+G2Ts)
I would bet that most of them don't know why they're in school either.
Rush played a few audio clips of some of the student protesters. They were as clueless as you would expect.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at February 17, 2011 04:20 PM (+kiMF)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 17, 2011 07:57 PM (nAOMZ)
Oh my. That looks just like something Iowahawk would do. Worded like he would do it too.
Posted by: Steph at February 17, 2011 04:20 PM (AkdC5)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at February 17, 2011 04:21 PM (+kiMF)
That's why he's doing it.
Posted by: HeatherRadish ♥s Wisconsin at February 17, 2011 04:21 PM (nAOMZ)
Posted by: Ben at February 17, 2011 04:21 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Soona at February 17, 2011 04:21 PM (ihhOU)
Posted by: dr kill at February 17, 2011 04:23 PM (le5qc)
At least three near Madison, and one up by Green Bay. Probably won't get a full list until morning.
Posted by: HeatherRadish ♥s Wisconsin at February 17, 2011 04:24 PM (nAOMZ)
Posted by: dr kill at February 17, 2011 08:23 PM (le5qc)
Are any CNN reporters little boys? Otherwise, I doubt it.
Posted by: Swamp Yankee at February 17, 2011 04:25 PM (aIqrS)
Posted by: one who suggests names for rock bands at February 17, 2011 04:25 PM (pISqJ)
Fired up. Ready to go. Hope 'n change all over again.
Except that this time it looks like days of rage. It will be hard for the MBM to keep this down, with all the venom being shown on the signs.
Let's see how hard the (the MBM) try to stuff it under the rug.
Posted by: I-wuz-too-hip-now-I'm-just-cynical at February 17, 2011 04:26 PM (4sQwu)
Posted by: The M Fucking M at February 17, 2011 04:26 PM (h2+O0)
Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2011 04:27 PM (k+pFK)
Yeah just like the anti-Bush signs.
Posted by: TheNotion at February 17, 2011 04:27 PM (hD0CU)
Posted by: Oldsailor at February 17, 2011 04:29 PM (oBXlb)
Posted by: HeatherRadish ♥s Wisconsin at February 17, 2011 04:29 PM (nAOMZ)
Posted by: King Berry of Stupid at February 17, 2011 04:29 PM (N49h9)
Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2011 04:29 PM (k+pFK)
Breaking from the AP:
Some new info on the Madison Mob:
17% are members of NAMBLA
38% owe child support
34% are convicted felons
2% are college graduates
9% are high school graduates
16% achieved a 4th grade reading level
17% are wife beaters
23% are drug addicts
51% have driver's licenses
66% are obese
Posted by: Swamp Yankee at February 17, 2011 04:30 PM (aIqrS)
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at February 17, 2011 04:30 PM (yQWNf)
Posted by: sTevo at February 17, 2011 04:31 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2011 08:19 PM (k+pFK)
I'll say a prayer. The uterus is easy to remove though.
Posted by: dagny at February 17, 2011 04:31 PM (l3g1A)
Posted by: Oldsailor at February 17, 2011 04:32 PM (oBXlb)
Surely, you jest.
Posted by: Governor Walker's Fan Club at February 17, 2011 04:32 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: MrScribbler's Proctologist at February 17, 2011 04:34 PM (p6fOG)
Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2011 04:34 PM (k+pFK)
60+ years ago boys from the farm spent their free time in the trenches filing saw teeth in their bayonets in order to cause the next German they saw extreme pain.
Then, they came home, started families and built the greatest era of peace and prosperity the world has ever seen.
They did what it took to win and found no shame "by any means necessary."
Posted by: Jimmuy at February 17, 2011 04:34 PM (FxALC)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 17, 2011 04:35 PM (EiH7n)
Any violence will come from outside WI. I lived there for 20 years. It's just not their style.
Posted by: Oldsailor at February 17, 2011 08:29 PM (oBXlb)
Tell that to those townies from Balsam Lake that jumped me and my boys at the cornfield party because we were chatting up their wimmenz. We made it out of the field just before the rocks started flying. I think one of my compatriots called one of them a 'Cheese Eater' after being called a 'River Jumper' (Minnesotan here). My memory might be a bit fuzzy due to the Buckhorn beer.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 17, 2011 04:36 PM (yQWNf)
Posted by: Ben at February 17, 2011 04:37 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: JB at February 17, 2011 04:37 PM (M28er)
Sounds superstitious to me.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 17, 2011 04:38 PM (GZITd)
As the Obama economy grinds on, there will be more days like today in Madison. Ohio is on deck. This is what being out of money looks like at the state level. States cannot use Uncle Ben's printing press and just wish more money into existence.
Now, they may try and do something sneaky at the Fed level with buying state bonds, but I'm guessing they would start that nonsense with one of their really broke and really fav states, like Illinois, or NY or Cali. If they start doing that, then Daryl Issa will have a lot more to do than poke around for Chris Dodd's old mortgage papers.
Posted by: Boots at February 17, 2011 04:38 PM (neKzn)
Wisconsin is only the first of hundreds, maybe thousands of these battles we and our children will have to fight if we're to make it out the other side with some semblance of America left. That's what's got my stomach in knots.
This is no longer a prediction or a hypothetical. We're this fucking close to being Greece.
Posted by: Truman North at February 17, 2011 04:39 PM (8ay4x)
Posted by: Oldsailor at February 17, 2011 04:39 PM (oBXlb)
Speaking of Beck, I haven't seen him posting anywhere in ages. Is he still kicking?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 17, 2011 04:40 PM (uehxp)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at February 17, 2011 04:40 PM (+kiMF)
Posted by: Gays at February 17, 2011 04:41 PM (HRQE7)
Now, they may try and do something sneaky at the
Fed level with buying state bonds, but I'm guessing they would start
that nonsense with one of their really broke and really fav states, like
Illinois, or NY or Cali. Posted by: Boots
That's been shot down as illegal in a number of legal eagle blogs. However, what they have already done, is issue Build America Bonds that went to states who in essence used the money for expenses so that they (the states) didn't have to issue new state bonds.
They're trying all sorts of end-run type things to keep the shambling juggernaut of big government running but we're still staring at a headlight and hearing a loud horn.
Posted by: goldbricker esq at February 17, 2011 04:42 PM (S59+B)
Ben, thanks for the trailer. Very, very good.
Thanks Kratos. I'm glad someone watched it. I am stoked to play it.
It's supposedly an open world type game, It's about time they made a zombie version.
Posted by: Ben at February 17, 2011 04:42 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: HeatherRadish ♥s Wisconsin at February 17, 2011 04:44 PM (nAOMZ)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at February 17, 2011 04:44 PM (xdHzq)
Posted by: Governor Lincoln Chaffee (I-Union, RI) at February 17, 2011 04:46 PM (8ay4x)
It's supposedly an open world type game, It's about time they made a zombie version.
What does that mean? Like if I played I could save the little girl, or at least her mom? I watched this clip three times last night.
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 17, 2011 04:46 PM (DLxD/)
We're far past that, does Greece run 1.5 trillion deficits for no apparent reason?
Posted by: TheNotion at February 17, 2011 04:46 PM (hD0CU)
http://www.facebook.com/governorscottwalkerPosted by: Proud in Wisconsin at February 17, 2011 04:47 PM (BV6RS)
It's supposedly an open world type game, It's about time they made a zombie version.
What does that mean? Like if I played I could save the little girl, or at least her mom? I watched this clip three times last night.
kinda like world of warcraft where you can do what you want, you need to survive, but there aren't levels per se like resident evil
Posted by: Ben at February 17, 2011 04:47 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Governor Lincoln Chaffee (I-Union, RI) at February 17, 2011 04:47 PM (8ay4x)
Posted by: Oldsailor at February 17, 2011 04:48 PM (oBXlb)
We're far past that, does Greece run 1.5 trillion deficits for no apparent reason?
The difference is that the American left has not actually taken to the streets and started throwing Molotov cocktails yet.
And I emphasize "yet"
Posted by: Governor Lincoln Chaffee (I-Union, RI) at February 17, 2011 04:49 PM (8ay4x)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 17, 2011 04:49 PM (EiH7n)
Sounds superstitious to me.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 17, 2011 08:38 PM (GZITd)
Only if were talking Ebony and Ivory
Posted by: Red Shirt at February 17, 2011 04:49 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: CAC at February 17, 2011 04:51 PM (Gr1V1)
step on my property in an angry manner and I'm going to assume you're there to do me and mine violence.
love,
UF.
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd at February 17, 2011 04:51 PM (eCAn3)
Sounds superstitious to me.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 17, 2011 08:38 PM (GZITd)
Boogie on Reggae Woman!
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 17, 2011 04:51 PM (yQWNf)
Is it done in the style of Heavy Rain? Or do you play only one character?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at February 17, 2011 04:52 PM (+kiMF)
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd at February 17, 2011 04:53 PM (eCAn3)
so imagine the scenario where Cuomo proposes a variation of this in New York.
This will look like a "Daughters of the American Revolution" march and yard sale.
Posted by: CAC at February 17, 2011 08:51 PM (Gr1V1)
Nope. Will never happen. He's a Democrat so he's a Good Person. The complaints will only go so far.
Posted by: AmishDude at February 17, 2011 04:54 PM (BvBKY)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 17, 2011 04:54 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: The Moron Nation at February 17, 2011 04:54 PM (HRQE7)
Posted by: CAC at February 17, 2011 04:54 PM (Gr1V1)
Posted by: CAC at February 17, 2011 04:55 PM (Gr1V1)
I think that he's probably better than you think side effects aside.
Keep your chin up and I hope he feels better!
Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 17, 2011 04:57 PM (CPhjt)
Posted by: Holger at February 17, 2011 04:58 PM (YxGud)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 17, 2011 05:00 PM (Z71Vg)
Hmmm, I'm still in the substitute system for my district, and my phone has been ringing off the hook all day to come in and sub tomorrow. The weather is wonderful here, and there are no flu bugs going through the schools right now -- and up until today I haven't been called up to sub. Wonder if this means something?
This could wind up getting really ridiculous.
Posted by: unknown jane at February 17, 2011 05:00 PM (5/yRG)
We're far past that, does Greece run 1.5 trillion deficits for no apparent reason?
Yeah but what the fuck is $1.5 trillion drachmas worth. Paper's worth about $20/ton. I'm gonna haul $1.5 trillion in Drachmas to a recycle center in a semi that gets 5mpg @$3.60/gal for diesel and costs a few grand to register and insure to boot. I'd rather burn the shit in a pile.
Posted by: torabora at February 17, 2011 05:00 PM (HRQE7)
This could wind up getting really ridiculous.
Talk to Kratos...he's channeling some powerful shit.
Posted by: torabora at February 17, 2011 05:01 PM (HRQE7)
I have seen Democrats who proposed modest scalebacks on union benefits here in California (yes, those rarest of rare "conservative" Dems now nonexistent) get primaried for nothing less
Who's going to primary Cuomo?
And they'll give up Cuomo for a Rep? Nope.
Posted by: AmishDude at February 17, 2011 05:02 PM (BvBKY)
now that i think about it, this is just like Congress: by the time debate has ceased, no one knows what the hell the bill is all about. every vote is simply a random draw for either a black ball or a white ball from the jar. the original intent has fallen by the wayside.
the only problem with congress is that the black balls do not equal the white balls in the mix. motions pass with a bias between the black and white balls in the mix that was done stage right by some stagehand with instructions by someone to mix X white balls with Y black balls.
we might just as well have rabbits to tag the balls, and save the costs of congress in one swell foop!
i need to piss.
Posted by: Quaoar at February 17, 2011 05:04 PM (9Ugjz)
Posted by: davidt at February 17, 2011 05:05 PM (9Pzy7)
Posted by: CAC at February 17, 2011 05:08 PM (Gr1V1)
Posted by: Truman North at February 17, 2011 05:08 PM (8ay4x)
My guess the Wisconsin GOP wouldn't have started this if they weren't sure they would win and were committed to not backing down.
That's my boy!
Posted by: Sen. Mitch McConnell, closer at February 17, 2011 05:09 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: CAC at February 17, 2011 08:55 PM (Gr1V1)
I've heard that Cuomo the younger is a real cockwipe but if he's trying to do the responsible thing here then he'll squander all the good will his dicknosed POS old man got with those fucking thugs immediately.
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 17, 2011 05:09 PM (eh+ki)
Posted by: Quaoar at February 17, 2011 09:04 PM (9Ugjz)
I don't know what the fuck you just said, bit it made me lol.
Posted by: jewells45 at February 17, 2011 05:10 PM (Z71Vg)
An actual dictator would have shot these fools by now.
Posted by: HeatherRadish ♥s Wisconsin at February 17, 2011 05:11 PM (nAOMZ)
Posted by: 52 er at February 17, 2011 05:12 PM (mc+vD)
Just for that, I'm stopping payment on his check.
Posted by: Thornton Mellon at February 17, 2011 05:12 PM (b8JnP)
Posted by: unknown jane at February 17, 2011 05:13 PM (5/yRG)
open world = not a linear story. You can go explore, meet people, do quests in any order, etc. You're not directed down a single story-path.
Is it done in the style of Heavy Rain? Or do you play only one character?
i think you can pick one of four people, and it is heavily focused on melee fighting.
Posted by: Ben at February 17, 2011 05:13 PM (DKV43)
Same here. I bet you I could teach History or English Lit better than the teachers they got now and I have only two years of College w/ no degree.
Posted by: Holger at February 17, 2011 05:15 PM (YxGud)
Posted by: dagny at February 17, 2011 05:15 PM (l3g1A)
Posted by: Y-not at February 17, 2011 05:15 PM (pW2o8)
Posted by: Oldsailor at February 17, 2011 05:15 PM (oBXlb)
The only thing keeping them in check is that if they get to the point where the State Media can't give them cover, the squishes would notice and vote against the Left.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 17, 2011 05:15 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: gesc at February 17, 2011 05:17 PM (+G2Ts)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 17, 2011 05:18 PM (Z71Vg)
Yeah, I know of a good number of out of work Unit B college instructors (who weren't allowed to sit at the union table, thanks to our tenure track betters and by those certified public schoolies) who got bumped out rather unceremoniously due to budget cuts. We'd kinda be happy to have a job again (or at least a better one than working at Walmart or part time at the local convenience store).
Posted by: unknown jane at February 17, 2011 05:19 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: Oldsailor at February 17, 2011 05:20 PM (oBXlb)
Posted by: HeatherRadish ¢¾s Wisconsin at February 17, 2011 09:11 PM (nAOMZ)
I have to say, I laughed at the "Scott...he's a dick" South Park sign.
Posted by: AmishDude at February 17, 2011 05:20 PM (BvBKY)
Posted by: dagny at February 17, 2011 05:21 PM (l3g1A)
Posted by: Terrye at February 17, 2011 05:22 PM (SkhDW)
Posted by: logprof at February 17, 2011 05:22 PM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: Marshal-Chairman-Generalisimo Bloomberg at February 17, 2011 05:22 PM (AXHCj)
An actual dictator would have shot these fools by now.
Posted by: HeatherRadish ♥s Wisconsin at February 17, 2011 09:11 PM (nAOMZ)
I have to say, I got a kick out of their posters. I do love their new obssession with Mubarack. They only had to change a few letters on their old "barack" signs and they were good to go.
It's that they actually get violent, and they shit all over wherever they are, that makes this bunch the destructive subhumans they are. The signs and Hitler/Mussolini/muBarack references are good fun, though.
Posted by: iknowtheleft at February 17, 2011 05:23 PM (N49h9)
Posted by: The Q at February 17, 2011 05:23 PM (AXHCj)
From Geraghty:
Obama began, "I haven’t followed exactly what’s happening with the Wisconsin budget,” then called Walker’s plan “an assault on unions.” Sound familiar?Posted by: AmishDude at February 17, 2011 05:23 PM (BvBKY)
Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2011 08:19 PM (k+pFK)
You got it, kiddo!
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at February 17, 2011 05:24 PM (bxiXv)
Hopefully Walker knows to just wait this out. Convene every day and wait them out. Treat it like a strike. Walker's position will get stronger every day if he keeps his cool. No quarter given for threats. Take the necessary precautions and keep going.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 17, 2011 05:24 PM (oEZTp)
Daryl: "I wanted my daughter to see what a black man as President would look like'.
did I hear that right??
Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 17, 2011 05:24 PM (CPhjt)
Posted by: AmishDude at February 17, 2011 09:23 PM (BvBKY)
That pretty much exemplifies his Presidency right there.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at February 17, 2011 05:25 PM (bxiXv)
Reminds me of the time two nuts were walking down the road...One was a salted.
Posted by: sTevo at February 17, 2011 05:25 PM (VMcEw)
It would be nice if they just started handing out pink slips at the protest.
"Pink slips! Get your pink slips! Step right up. Pink slips for all!"
Posted by: iknowtheleft at February 17, 2011 05:27 PM (N49h9)
Posted by: awkward davies at February 17, 2011 09:27 PM (YCW1b)
The Republican Party was formed in Wisconsin. Kind of fitting.
Posted by: Holger at February 17, 2011 05:29 PM (YxGud)
Especially liked the "Why do Republicans hate people" poster, from someone who supports THERIGHTTOCHOOSE no doubt.
Posted by: TheNotion at February 17, 2011 05:29 PM (hD0CU)
Posted by: theadmiral at February 17, 2011 05:29 PM (fGbHT)
Posted by: The Q at February 17, 2011 05:30 PM (AXHCj)
Posted by: dagny at February 17, 2011 05:30 PM (l3g1A)
Posted by: MFM at February 17, 2011 05:31 PM (FIDMq)
Unreal that the president is sending goons into a state to cause unrest and potential violence.
Kinda blows O's "I'm a lot like Ronald Reagan" meme.
Please, oh please, I hope the squishes in the middle are paying attention to what is going on.
Posted by: Mayday at February 17, 2011 05:31 PM (TRgli)
Posted by: dagny at February 17, 2011 09:15 PM (l3g1A)
You're clearly not a Democrat.
They Do Not Live In The Real World, they just make crap up and to them, it becomes real.
In other words, they lie about everything, as I keep telling people.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at February 17, 2011 05:33 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Oldsailor at February 17, 2011 05:33 PM (oBXlb)
Yet another in a long line of impeachable acts by the Indonesian. The exact opposite of the real intention of the Commerce Clause.
Posted by: iknowtheleft at February 17, 2011 05:34 PM (N49h9)
Daryl: "I wanted my daughter to see what a black man as President would look like'.
did I hear that right??
Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 17, 2011 09:24 PM (CPhjt)
--I think the joke was that it was being filmed at the time (it took 11 years) long before Obama was elected.
Posted by: logprof at February 17, 2011 05:34 PM (BP6Z1)
And they don't think these things through at all. More babies would require more teachers, swelling the union coffers, and they eventually grow up to pay the taxes that keep them in free health insurance. They're idiots.
Third reason, Super Bowl Champions baby.
Four. This is why I moved here. And Joe Biden hates them.
(It really is 51 degrees here right now. I'm convinced that if it was 10 and snowing this week, the protest would have fizzled.)
Posted by: HeatherRadish ♥s Wisconsin at February 17, 2011 05:35 PM (nAOMZ)
Posted by: iknowtheleft at February 17, 2011 09:27 PM (N49h9)
(sigh) We can dream, can't we?
"We didn't need you Thursday, and you know what, we don't need you today, either."
And they should fire the legislators that skipped town as well.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at February 17, 2011 05:35 PM (bxiXv)
I'm pretty sure that no one called John Lewis a racial epithet again today. And NOT just in Wisconsin.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 17, 2011 05:36 PM (GZITd)
And, since unions are already giving license to the concept of mob violence as legitimate, fuck them with the burning hot coals of Satan's throbbing cock if they start having the vapahs at their imagined violent Tea Party rhetoric.
Posted by: nickless at February 17, 2011 05:37 PM (MMC8r)
On a lighter note, recently disenchanted fans of The Office (I count myself among them)
Why the disenchantment?
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 17, 2011 05:37 PM (DLxD/)
Posted by: iknowtheleft at February 17, 2011 09:34 PM (N49h9)
I think it's pretty clear now that he would not be impeached even in the case of a live boy or a dead girl.
All we can do now is record it all for posterity.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at February 17, 2011 05:37 PM (bxiXv)
Y'All stay after those commies .
Posted by: awkward davies at February 17, 2011 05:37 PM (YCW1b)
Posted by: Oldsailor at February 17, 2011 05:39 PM (oBXlb)
@164 and @176
The unions are going all in on this because this is the hole in the dike. If they don't plug it, there will be a flood that will wash them and their corrupt ways down the sewer where they belong. This will get worse before it gets better, but we have the stronger hand because we pay the bills. Golden Rule, Gods of the Copybook Headings, whatever, old and tested beats new hotness every time. The smarter Dem politicians (Cuomo) are already scoping out the lifeboats.
Posted by: pep at February 17, 2011 05:39 PM (P18+/)
As the reality of fiscal doom starts to dawn on sane Americans and lawmakers, the Marxist/Leftist/Union goons will only ratchet up these kind of tactics when their pensions and insurance and benefits are brought in line with those of the productive class.
Posted by: theadmiral at February 17, 2011 09:29 PM (fGbHT)
Yes, and the the baby boom retirements are just beginning. The number will grow, and that hurts the tax base as people stop making earned income and start living more on passive income. A lot of boomers can't retire, but most of them will be making less money and paying less in taxes.
So, yes I would say things are going to get interesting.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 17, 2011 05:39 PM (oEZTp)
Posted by: Stu-22 at February 17, 2011 05:40 PM (k4bdL)
Posted by: dagny at February 17, 2011 05:41 PM (l3g1A)
Posted by: AmishDude at February 17, 2011 09:23 PM (BvBKY)
All that was missing for Barry to say was, Gov. Walker acted stupidly
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 17, 2011 05:42 PM (+XXzi)
All we can do now is record it all for posterity.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at February 17, 2011 09:37 PM (bxiXv)
Yeah ... pretty much. You know, the America of our time will go down in history as the most ignorant bunch of self-hating dicks in all of recorded history, who destroyed the greatest nation that has ever existed ... for no reason, at all. They will be laughing at this generation of Americans for millenia.
Posted by: iknowtheleft at February 17, 2011 05:44 PM (N49h9)
Posted by: RushBabe at February 17, 2011 05:44 PM (urYpw)
Posted by: Oldsailor at February 17, 2011 05:44 PM (oBXlb)
Posted by: curious at February 17, 2011 05:45 PM (p302b)
Posted by: RushBabe at February 17, 2011 05:46 PM (urYpw)
It begins.
Remember how a mini-Civil-War was fought over slavery in Kansas in the 1850s, and presaged the general Civil War of the 1860s?
I think these regional conflicts represent the "Bleeding Kansas" stage of what's to come in two years. Can anybody doubt the utter nastiness of the 2012 campaigns? I think we haven't seen anything yet.
Posted by: Wm T Sherman at February 17, 2011 05:47 PM (5YgO+)
Posted by: unknown jane at February 17, 2011 05:48 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: unknown jane at February 17, 2011 05:50 PM (5/yRG)
What? Those fat-asses can't be allowed to eat cheese.
And you bring me one of them burgers from Miss Katie when you go out there.
Posted by: Michelle O at February 17, 2011 05:51 PM (nAOMZ)
Remember how a mini-Civil-War was fought over slavery in Kansas in the 1850s, and presaged the general Civil War of the 1860s?
I was out of town when that happened, but I heard about it via the telegraph.
Posted by: Truman North, age 200 at February 17, 2011 05:51 PM (8ay4x)
Posted by: curious at February 17, 2011 09:45 PM (p302b)
Say, is that our very own Heywood Jablowme with the first comment?
Posted by: RushBabe at February 17, 2011 05:52 PM (urYpw)
Posted by: unknown jane at February 17, 2011 09:48 PM (5/yRG)
I love that. It shows that they have a little bit of sense bouncing around in their pea-brains. Lefties are very much like muslim arabs, culturally and politically. I consider the teachers at that protest to be just like the Egyptians, myself. They save me the hassle of needing to always point this out since they self-identify with primitives and America-haters.
Posted by: iknowtheleft at February 17, 2011 05:52 PM (N49h9)
Agreed. But the Civil War was brewing long before Bleeding Kansas. As far back as the 1824 Election.
Posted by: Holger at February 17, 2011 05:52 PM (YxGud)
Release the Camels!!!
Posted by: mpfs at February 17, 2011 09:50 PM (3TjSM)
And the Bullwhips!
Posted by: Camel Jockey at February 17, 2011 05:56 PM (FIDMq)
Coming this spring .... The Protest Network - TPN 24 hr coverage of of your favorite civil unrest - - national and worldwide on the scene reporting.
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Posted by: melvin at February 17, 2011 05:58 PM (3OCZw)
Why the disenchantment?
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 17, 2011 09:37 PM (DLxD/)
--Last couple of seasons have been weak.
Posted by: logprof at February 17, 2011 05:58 PM (BP6Z1)
ObamaCare defunding amendments should be coming either later tonight or sometime tomorrow morning.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 17, 2011 05:59 PM (yfJ6g)
254 I would probably be more lenient towards the Egyptians, since, you know, they actually were protesting their poverty and being bullied by a despotic state for reals (no, I don't consider teachers not being able to afford that Costa Rican summer trip, a new SUV, or coverage for your tit job all that oppressed) -- and the Egyptians don't live in America, so they aren't really bound to like us, unlike, you know, actual American citizens. And Egyptians were actually willing to take on war camels of doom and riot police, which I don't see the teachers having to put up with (drat).
Fit throwing Cheeseland teachers < illiterate Egyptian Islamists on the moral rectitude scale....ouch
Posted by: unknown jane at February 17, 2011 06:01 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: Cheri at February 17, 2011 06:04 PM (BA8k3)
A suggestion: Trace the bastards down and make their names public. If they can be prosecuted, by all means, prosecute them.
Something else to do is buy a gun and get familiarized with its use. Work on marksmanship. And if a CCW permit can be had, get it.
Turning the other cheek or stressing civility has their limits.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at February 17, 2011 06:06 PM (nD3Pg)
Posted by: RushBabe at February 17, 2011 06:09 PM (urYpw)
I hope Governor Walker fires them all and then asks for citizen petitions to recall the Democrat cockroaches that crawled out of state.
Posted by: Nunya Bizness at February 17, 2011 06:11 PM (vhloX)
Fit throwing Cheeseland teachers < illiterate Egyptian Islamists on the moral rectitude scale....ouch
Posted by: unknown jane at February 17, 2011 10:01 PM (5/yRG)
The Greek unionists are really ticked. They thought the American leftists were going to portraying themselves as Eurotrash leftists. Now the damn Egyptians have thrown a wrench into the whole thing and taken the fancies of the American left.
I think it's because the Greek names are too difficult for the Wisconsin teachers to spell ... and, like I said, they just had to do some minor adjustments on their "barack" posters to get the new "mubarack" theme going gangbusters.
Posted by: iknowtheleft at February 17, 2011 06:20 PM (N49h9)
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) got an amendment passed that would ban funding of Obama's czars through the rest of the fiscal year.
It's my personal opinion that this is Scalise's "fuck you" to Obama over the Dept. of the Interior refusing to issue new drilling permits in the Gulf, which is damaging Louisiana's economy.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 17, 2011 06:32 PM (b8JnP)
265 What's a poor leftist to do?
Still would like to see them face off against a charge of enraged dairy farmers riding Holsteins, brandishing manure forks (or cheese grenades)...that would be awesome.
Posted by: unknown jane at February 17, 2011 06:34 PM (5/yRG)
Say, is that our very own Heywood Jablowme with the first comment?
Posted by: RushBabe at February 17, 2011 09:52 PM (urYpw)
could you please explain your response to me. TIA
did anyone see paul ryan on greta? He had me so confused. He said BO increased the budget, which I thought was non existent, by 24% to the departments, over the last two years. He said they then got the stimulus so it was increased overall to 84%. So he was saying they want to ratchet it back to pre stimulus levels and take away the 24%. So why not take away the rest of the 84% too. Cause Greta had a snotty blond guest on who had to admit a lot of the money is squirreled away and not yet spent. So, if it's not spent, why spend it, why not just take it back, they obviously didn't need it if they squirreled it away right?
Posted by: curious at February 17, 2011 06:42 PM (p302b)
Remember how a mini-Civil-War was fought over slavery in Kansas in the 1850s, and presaged the general Civil War of the 1860s?
I was out of town when that happened, but I heard about it via the telegraph.
Posted by: Truman North, age 200 at February 17, 2011 09:51 PM (8ay4x)
And how long ago was that, exactly?
Posted by: Ezra Klein at February 17, 2011 06:44 PM (BvBKY)
Posted by: Louis Tully at February 17, 2011 06:45 PM (BZEkR)
I think he *can* fire the teachers.
I don't think he will...yet. But it's getting closer to "go time" on that option.
Posted by: GMan at February 17, 2011 06:49 PM (fW0wg)
All in all, you're just another slug who's AWOL
Now the Spanish teachers!
Nosotros no necesitamos ningun educacion!
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 17, 2011 06:56 PM (DPM1U)
Posted by: GMan at February 17, 2011 07:04 PM (fW0wg)
Posted by: GMan at February 17, 2011 07:05 PM (fW0wg)
Posted by: lowandslow at February 17, 2011 11:01 PM (GZitp)
Frankly, now he should do both. I think this little display at the capital showed that having too many teachers is dangerous, anyway.
Just wishing ... but it would be an appropriate response to the thuggery.
Posted by: iknowtheleft at February 17, 2011 07:06 PM (N49h9)
I wish there was something more we here in WI could do. You can't get through on the phones. It's frustrating- I wish there was some way to show support or something constructive to be done. It probably would be dangerous to go to Madison.
Posted by: timwi at February 17, 2011 07:21 PM (Sxt4Z)
Alrighty, then. You've got to ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky?
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at February 17, 2011 11:33 PM (vbh31)
LOL
The sign on our front gate reads
If You Can Read This You're In Range
Posted by: Barbarian at February 17, 2011 07:35 PM (EL+OC)
Posted by: Nunya Bizness at February 17, 2011 07:38 PM (vhloX)
Latecoming post, but it is absolutely STOOPID of the Dems to flee the vote.
They tried that crap in Texas over a purely political argument concerning redistricting (and therefore had a purely political case for their shenanigans) and got crushed in public opinion for it.
In Wisconsin, they have now ran away form a core reason for them to even be in office, the budget.
Couple that with these idiotic protestors, schools being shut down, and these supposedly fine outstanding public servants acting like entitled asshats- WI should be pretty firmly in the Red column for some years to come.
Hell, part of the reason Walker and the rest came up with this deal was so there WOULD'NT be massive layoffs of teachers.
Freakin' stupid. Threaten to fire the lot of them. With 10% unemployment, there are plenty of people who are willing to take their jobs- and probably actually improve the image of the state worker by WORKING.
There are a lot of hard working state employees, I am sure. But the lazy unfirable minority that sets the image is sizable, or else people wouldn't have the perception.
Posted by: Gerry Owen at February 17, 2011 07:42 PM (4ABat)
Posted by: Paul at February 17, 2011 08:08 PM (DsHk0)
Posted by: Paul at February 17, 2011 08:11 PM (DsHk0)
Posted by: Timmy at February 17, 2011 08:28 PM (DRR4t)
Walker needs to counter this stupid move by the Dem's. Budget related bills need a 20 person quorom but all other legislation requires only a simple majority. The Republicans should start passing bills that the Dem's hate like conceal care, repeal of minimum mark up, and the granddaddy of them all, Voter ID. I wish I could think of more.
If Walker is feeling generous, give the Dem's 24 hours to get back to Madison or else the legislation goes through.
Apply pressure, significantly. They are testing the new Gov and he's got show them he wont get pushed around.
Posted by: WisRich at February 17, 2011 08:38 PM (YoK8n)
Posted by: AlaskanInfidel at February 17, 2011 09:56 PM (ORz+k)
I'm at student at UW-Madison. As you might imagine, it's pretty much hell living down here right now. At least classes got canceled.
You should demand a refund on your tuition pro-rated to the days of class lost when this whole thing is over. Take photographs of the empty classroom as proof and ask "Why am I paying $4000 a semester for this?"
Posted by: Red Rocks Rockin at February 18, 2011 01:42 AM (IA9Z7)
Posted by: Case at February 18, 2011 02:00 AM (0K+Kw)
285 WisRich-
That is an excellent idea!
When the Dems ran away here in TX, they lost a lot of respect from the average voters. People still talk about it.
I would think the WI voters should react the same way.
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